Electronic gear, and on the latest mission to track u. S. Subs and intercept u. S. Communications. What can the u. S. Navy do about it . Youre in the situation room im wolf blitzer. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news, President Trump tonight is facing a chaotic effort to keep the government running, his own mixed messages have left lawmakers scratcing their heads about where he stands. The government will grind to a halt tomorrow night, looking at the clock, counting down with 31 hours to go unless Congress Passes a spending bill. Lets go to our chief white house kcorrespondent, jim accosta. Can they stop the shutdown . Well see, wolf. The shutdown is more than 24 hours away, and despite the need for urgency, gop leaders are deciphering tweets in search of clarity of what he wants. Republicans may be in charge of the white house and congress, but with the shutdown looming, dont tell that to President Trump. Ill the democrats want a shut down to get off the subject of the tax cuts
Certain individuals other than, you know rather than others. Surreal. Nba star steph curry describes his feeling after President Trumps tweet. Health care battle. It could go down to the battle. Is the gop destined to fail even before the vote. The russian rule, a key witness testifying this week. Does anything suggest collusion with the trump camp. New threat. A highranking north korean diplomat says its inevitable that country will send a rocket to the u. S. Mainland. Can they do it . President trump stoking the issue of athletes taking a knee during the National Anthem. At one point questioning the patriotism of the nfl. In a tweet, if nfl fans refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our flag and country, you will see change take place fast. In another he he says, nfl attendance and ratings are way down. Boring games, yes, but many stay away. And reactions from steph curry from being disinvited to the white house. Its not its surreal, to be honest. I dont know why he
New outlets took a shot at that story over the course of more than a decade. Jodi kantor is the one who finally did it and got it to press. Jodi kantor is here tonight. So its a big show tonight. Over the past few weeks, there have been increasingly detailed and frequent reports about some ethics trouble for a number of trump cabinet secretaries, including interior secretary ryan zinke. Reports have found that he charged the taxpayers to fly him on private jets to do things like give an inspirational speech to a hockey team owned by his biggest contributor and to fly him to an awesome snorkeling tour that he took in the environmevirgin islands. And he also charged taxpayers to fly him to a ski recourt asort awesome sounding steak house in alaska. Almost all were for him to attend republican political fundraisers. Hes allowed to go to political fundraisers, only if he does it on his own time and his own dime. We, the taxpayers, are not supposed to be paying for him to do it. So far the
President trump but i will say that were the highest taxed nation in the world. People want to see massive tax cuts. Im giving the largest tax cuts in the history of this country. In addition to that there will be reform. I think that its politically very positive. The people of the country want it. Sandra were live at the white house with what to expect, good morning, garrett. Good morning. The white house has already laid out its broad goals for tax reform and leaving it up to congress to work out the details. Today in his speech the president is expected the lay out the broad principles what he wants to see get done. A large part of his audience will be comprised of truckers who the administration also says is the lifeblood of the economy and the group who will significantly benefit from his tax reform plans. In one excerpt from the speech the president expected to say when your trucks are moving america is growing and why my administration has taken historic steps to remove the bar
Policy adviser says he floated the idea setting up a visit between then candidate trump and russian president putin. We have a team of analysts standing by, but i want to begin with cnn White House Reporter jeremy dimon joining us from tokyo where the president will arrive later this evening. How crucial is this trip . Reporter first on the agenda is going to be addressing the north korean crisis. The president this week is is going to be meeting with the top leaders in the region who are most essential to this problem. Hes first in japan then hell be meeting with the south Korean Leader as well as the chinese president xi. This comes all as the National Security adviser warns that United States and the world really is quote running out of time when it comes to address ing the north korean crisis. This crisis is of course grown by the week. The risk of potential military confrontation and this may be the president s best chance yet to work with leaders in the region to try and rally th